By Will Kelleher For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 14 April 2019
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Saracens will continue to pick Billy Vunipola as he is set for a momentous week on and off the field over his controversial social media comments.
The England No 8 will be hauled in front of RFU bosses this week before Saracens' European semi-final against Munster.
Vunipola voiced his support for homophobic Israel Folau in an Instagram post on Friday — which is still up on his profile and has now been 'liked' more than 7,600 times — in which he said 'Man was made for woman to procreate'.
Saracens will continue to pick Billy Vunipola as he faces a grilling from RFU bosses this week
Ian McGeechan, the legendary Lions coach, said Vunipola was 'naive' to blurt his views on social media and has put the RFU and Saracens in 'an extremely awkward position'.
Rugby Australia want to sack full back Folau, 30, but could well face a legal challenge. The Wallaby himself continues to stand by his view that 'hell awaits' homosexuals and told an Australian newspaper he would accept it if his rugby career was over.
'I live for God now,' he told the Sydney Morning Herald. 'Whatever He wants me to do, I believe His plans for me are better than whatever I can think. If that's not to continue on playing, so be it.
